Operating mechanism for washing and like machines.



Patented Feb. 10

G, N; MEVESQ OPERATING-MECHANISM FOR' WASH ING AND LIKE MACHINES.

' APPLIOATIOK rimm 1330.18, 1911.'

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h tilt 'ihhomit may concern:

sTAr s PA ENT OFFICE? cuss-av lnhmnvns, or nnvrnron'r, Iowa. j

' J swarms MEcEAnisM res, WASHING AND LIKE irAc rN s;

known that l, Gosrav NI Meme, a c tizeniof the United States, and aresident of Davenport, in the county of Scott" and St te ofZlowa,haveinvented' certain new ant hseful Improvements in Operating Mechanismfor: Washing and like Machines; and I do hereby declar that thefollowing ispa i ull icleaiy, and QI'iflCtdQSGIiPtlOI! thereof,reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, and to the charactersor reference marked thereon, which form a part o'f this specification.

i"j'.[ -his 'invehtion relates to improvement in i'notor; drivenmechanisms for Washing and lihe'Jfnachines'an'd tor Wringers mounted onsuch nni'chines, conveniently adaptable to s iehl n e 'cl ianisms asembody a main operatjijn'g or stirrer head shaft to which is i1npartedrotary, reciprocatory niotion.

Am pg' the objects'of the invention/is to provide simple, economical hndeilicient lr echan'isni arranged to drive the main shaft i or element,(the dasher shaft) and to drive the secondar shaft or element such as awringer roll shaft or shafts, in either di rection, either independentlyof or simultaneously with the driving. of the primary shaft objects of.the invention are to'in rprove th details, of constrnction of such-Inech anism si"- and, the ini ention consists" in theinattershereinafter forth and. more articularly pointed out in theappended gains, I

n the drawings z li ig'ure 1 is a rear giew of the lip per portion of awashing machine,

and a Win e un d t ere m eq ipp l. with iny in proved mechanism. 2 IS atopfplan View thereof, with parts omitted; Fig. is a fraginentary Viewillustratii'lg the 'clntch. actuating mechanism for connecting anddisconnecting the power to the main operating shaft. Fig.4; is a detail,showing ga/latch for locking tl leswinging'lid down. F19. 5 is adetailmrthe fixedlnnge plate.

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As shown in the drawings, the tub leis provided with the usual swinginglid 11 and the hingehearing and other lugsczin fthat hinged to the fixed or non-rising w s A a i resent CO1 tKllCllOll the h nge connect on fthe tub top orcoyen In the tween. the fixed "and swinging of the tub-tope' n bracesupright lugs 14, 14;

w ich a free hinge Pil l ie w,

Patented Feb. 10., 1914;;

Application filed Ileeember 18, 1911. fierial llo. 666,459. 7

the non rising part of the tuh top; other lugs 16, 16 which rise fro nahinge plate 17" attached to the swinging portion of-the till). I top orlid, and a' shaft 18 which has bearing in and extends through alinedapertures in said lugs. The said shaftlS constitutes the p'intle of thehinge, and is also rotatively mounted in thehinge lugs to constitutepart ;of the driving connection that transmits power; from the motor tothe main o'per: ating shaft, as will hereinafterinor'e fully appear, Inthis respect. the construction is generally similar to the constructionshown in my cop ending application for United States Letters Patent,filed on the 30th day of October, 1911, Serial No. 657,473. The said sl1aft 18,-as' in the latter descrilied constriictidn, is provided at oneend with a crank 20 which is connected by a pitman 2,1 with a rockingsector-.22 that meshes with a beveled pinion23 which is fixed to.

the upper end of the main operating or i dhlly shaft 24 as in theconstruction shown in the aforesaid prior application; L0osel mounted onthe other end of the shafts 18 is a worm gear 25 which meshes with aworm 26 that is fixed to a shaft 27 mounted in bearings 28, 28 formed onand rising from a rearwardly extending', depressed portion 29 of theplate 15. Fixed to the said shaft 27 near its outer end is a gear wheel30 which meshes with a pinion 31 that is fixed to the shaft 32 of themotor 33 Said motor, which is herein shown as an 34; that is attached tothe rcar side of the tuhand extends laterally outwardly. The said motordriven shaft 27 may also be provided with a belt pulley 35, made. of anydiameter desired, and which may be driven from a motor located at anysuitable point on themachine, or elsewhere, through the inediun'zofadrivinghelt.

c The i clutch sleeve 37 nonrotativelhrmounted on '1 4 q said shaitandiree to slide endwise thereof,

clutch sleeve being providedat its end with clutch jaws or teeth 40adapted to en-' gear[ 25, as shown in Qfiffllheij'c luth sleeve "is;herein, shown as connected to the shziit 18 is adapted' to be locked toland rotz \a with the worm. gear hyfnieans oi gage like parts on the huhdiet the .worni*-' elntch The clutch isshitted on the shaft to -engageit with and disengage it,

electric motor, is supported on the bracket that is pivoted between itsends to a stud 51 be provided that rises from the swinging portion ofthe lid on the side thereof opposite to its hinge. The said clutch maybe held in either its clutching or non-clutching position, as by meansof a leaf spring 53 that is attached to the lid 11 and is provided witha projecting portion 54 formed with double or oppositely facingshoulders-to engagethe correspondingly double faced oblique surfaces ofaV-shaped lug 55 on the lower side of the clutch actuating link 49'. Theresiliency of the spring permits the lug 55 to pass the projectingportion of the spring during the shifting movement of the clutch, andthe engagement of said spring with one or the other of the oblique sidesof said lug serves to hold the clutch from accidental displacement andmaintain it in its clutching or nonclutching position. The relation ofthe shifter lever 45 to the clutch sleeve and the depth of the groove,46 is such that the free end of the shifter lever remains in said groovein all positions. of the swinging lid, on which the shifter is moimted.

If desired the hand actuated lever 51 may with a latch or looking member56 which is adapted to engage a notch 57 in a lug 58 that is attached tothe side of the tub and riseswith its notched portion above said lid, soas to thereby lock the lid in its closed position. With thisconstruction the lid-is locked down when the clutch 'is' in po- "sitionto lock the worm gear to the shaft 18.

Q ,Mounted on the. usual wringer board 60 at the rear side of the tub isa wringer 61, of common form. The shafts 63, 64 of the wringer rolls 62,62, are rotatively mounted in bearings in the standards 65, 65 and areprovided at their ends with intermeshing pinions-66, 66. Mounted inbearings 68, 68 in said standards 65 and a bearing standard 69, risingfrom'the hinge plate extensions 39 is arotative shaft 70 which isprovided near the bearing standard 69 with a double facedgear,comprising the opposing beveled gear wheels 72, 72. Said beveled gearwheels are adapted for alternate meshing engagement with a beveledpinion 74 which may be integral with or attached in any suitablemanner?" to the motor driven worm gear 25. As herein shown the saidpinion 74 is made integr'al with said gear, and the pinion and gear; areconfined on the shaft 18 between a collar 75 pinned to theshaft and thelugs or arms 76 which rise from and are made in tegral with the hingeplate 15, asbest shown in Figs. 2 and 5. limited endwise movement in itsbearings whereby, upon shifting said shaft endwise, one or the other ofsaid beveled gears 72, 72

may be brought into mesh with the pinion 74. orboth gears may bedisengaged from said pinion to occupy a neutral position with respectthereto. The shifting of the shaft 70 is shown as effected by means of ashifter lever 78 that is pivoted at its lower end at 79 to a bracket 80which is carried by the The said shaft 70 has a wringer board 60 orother fixed part of the machine. Said shifter lever 78 is connected by aloose joint or connection at 81 to the adjacent end of the-shaft 70,said joint being of a construction to accommodate the swinging movementof the shifter lever to the rectilinear movement of the shaft 70. Thelever 78 may be locked in difi'erent positions of adjustment to anapertured or notched sector bar 82, as by the pin 83, best shown inFig. 1. Said bar 82 may be attached to the adjacent portion. of thewringer frame. The said shaft 70 is'provided with a wide faced pinion 84that meshes with a pinion 85 fixed to the extended end of the shaft 64of the lower wringer roll, whereby the wringer rolls are driven fromsaid shaftv 70. The

wide' face of said pinion 84 permits said pinion to beaxially shiftedwith respect to i the wringer shaft pinion 85, while maintaining propermeshing engagement between said pinions to effect the driving of thewringer shafts from. the shaft 70. By shift ing said shaft 70 inonedirection, one of the beyeled gears 7 2-is brought into meshing en-'gagement' with the pinion 74 to rotate; the wringer rolls in onedirection. By shifting the shaft 70 to the other limit of its movement,the other beveled gear 72 is brought into meshing engagement with thepinion 74 to rotate the wringer rolls in the opposite direction. Theposition of said shaft 70 intermediate the limits of its movement bringsthe beveled gear wheels 7 2 into neutral position with'respect to thepinion 74 so that in such posit-ion of the parts no motion istransmitted to the wringer rolls. It will be thus seen that the wringerrollsor secondary shafts may be rotated in either direction, eithersimultaneously with or independently of the operation of the mainoperatini'g or dolly shaft.

The driving and "reversing gears are pref erably housed by a gear casing88, as shown in Fig. 1. This casing is omitted in Fig. 2.

to thereby better show the arrangement of said gears.

It will be understood that the structural details of the mechanism shownmay beart.

' worm such limitations are imposed by the prior I claim as my-invention 2-, 1. Operating mechanism for washlng and like machinesembracing, in combination with a' body, an operating shaft mountedtherein capable of rotary, reciprocatory motion, a horizontal motordriven shaft at thetop of said body provided with a worm, anintermediate horizontal shaft, means to operatively connect theintermediate ,shaft to said operating shaft, a worm gear on theintermediate shaft meshing with said worm, a

motor for driving the motor driven shaft, and speed reducing gearsinterposed between the motor and the motor drivenshaft.

2. Operatingmechanism for washing. and like machines comprising, incombination with a body, an operating shaft mounted therein, anintermediate shaft operatively connected thereto, a worm gear looselymounted on the latter shaft, a motor operated shaftprovided with a wormmeshing withsaid worm gear, a clutch device for connecting theintermediate shaft with said 3.' Operating mechanism for washing andlike machines comprising, in com inatio'n 'Wlth a body, an operatm shaftmounted therein, an intermediate shaft operatively connected thereto, aworm gear loosely mounted on the latter shaft, a motor operated shaftprovided with a worm meshing gear, and a motor gearedto the motor drivenshaft.

with said worm gear, a clutch device for connecting the intermediateshaft with said worm gear, a clutch shifter enga ing said clutch deviceand pivoted to the b0 y, a link pivoted to said shifter and extendinacross said body and means'for locking t e link with said worm gear, aclutch device for connecting the intermediate shaft with said worm gear,a clutch shifter engaging said clutch device and pivoted to the body, alink pivoted to said shifter and extending across said body, said linkbeing provided with a 111 :or projection having oppositely facing. obique surfaces, and a spring device mount ed on the body and havingcorrespondingly oblique surfaces to-engage said lug or .projection.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention I afi'ix mysignature in the presenceof two witnesses, this 11th day of December, A.D. 1911.

GUSTAV MEVES.

Witnesses:

HENRY H. JnBnNs, MINNIE HARTKOI.

